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Patrice Kunesh Discusses Upcoming Forum on Indigenous Issues

September 12, 2019

Former Fellow Patrice Kunesh (’89) was interviewed in Marketplace about the upcoming Frank LaMere Native American Presidential Forum, the first presidential forum to focus entirely on indigenous communities (“The Economic Issues Native American Voters Care About Most,” Aug. 19). “I think at the top of the list [of economic issues] are treaties and trust responsibilities,” Patrice said. “For decades, there’s been severe underfunding of these federal obligations.”